if you take of the fins???

(weekend_wakeboarder)

ok, suppose you take off the fins and the holes are left in the board, i am assuming that water can get through the board and also into the core?......is there a chance that this may happen?

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-07-2006, 3:27 PM

if it is a balsa wood core, or some other composite core that is porous, the answer is yes.

If it is a foam core, which most boards are, it is closed-cell foam, and it will not absorb water.

(sunsport) · (sunsport) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 11-07-2006, 4:14 PM

Actually even the balsa cores you are fine. The balsa is only in the center of the board. It does not extend out to the edges or where the fins are.

Skiing made me board,
Lyle
Chrome Dome

(garman) · (garman) **Join Date: Feb 2005** 11-07-2006, 4:16 PM

Put a piece of electrical tape across the holes.

(otiswunguy) · (otiswunguy) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 11-07-2006, 5:05 PM

I like the rooster tail effect, it makes me feel like I am riding really fast!!!!

(7890303) · (7890303) **Join Date: Sep 2006** 11-07-2006, 7:26 PM

silecone

(maestro) · (maestro) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 11-07-2006, 7:29 PM

Candle wax

(denverd1)

chewing gum

(denverd1)

or silly putty.. whichever you have more of

zcarnage 11-07-2006, 7:32 PM

If your concerned, swab the hole with a little 2 part epoxy. Typically, there should be a block of ABS plastic inserted into the core, (foam or wood) so it shouldn't be just bare core material unless there is damage or a delam issue, or you drilled your own fin holes... which you can do with balsa cores because the wood is end grain, but generally not the best idea...

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-07-2006, 7:36 PM

Th new Transcend whistles with the fins out.

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-07-2006, 9:05 PM

Lyle - the dna core hyperlites had the wood come all the way to the edges and tips; however the lf ultra cores were not constructed this way.